MIMO for Inhome Power Line Communications

Conference: SCC'08 - 7th International ITG Conference on Source and Channel Coding
01/14/2008 - 01/16/2008 at Ulm, Germany

Proceedings: SCC'08

Pages: 6Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Stadelmeier, Lothar; Schill, Dietmar; Schwager, Andreas (Sony Deutschland GmbH, European Technology Center (EuTEC), Hedelfinger Str. 61, 70327 Stuttgart, Germany)
Schneider, Daniel; Speidel, Joachim (University of Stuttgart, Institute of Telecommunications, Pfaffenwaldring 47, 70569 Stuttgart)

Abstract:
Inhome Power Line Communications (PLC) enables new and highly convenient networking functions without any additional cables to mains-powered devices. Throughput measurements have shown that current PLC technology does not provide sufficient bandwidth for all typical inhome applications in a reliable way. This paper clarifies if Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) methods, being well-known from the wireless world, can significantly increase the PLC channel throughput and the link reliability. After proving the theoretical capacity increase on measured PLC channels, different MIMO schemes are compared regarding their suitability for the PLC channel.